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What else do you need to ask? It's been so long, but the cabinet secretary is the person he respects the most, and Alan Wilson resolutely agreed.

He went back and forth in one day, and informed Norman Brooke of the already prepared filing, "Farouq I gave us a simple alternative, he hoped to get a cheap international loan quickly, using To build a new hydroelectric power station in the present, to complete the electrification of Egypt and bring Egypt into modern society.”

"Simple? Fast? Current and cheap?" Norman Brooke extracted a few key words at once, doubting whether Farouk I had studied in Whitehall.

This kind of vocabulary is used to submit proposals to ministers. If Farouk I himself did not say it, then the answer would come out. Norman Brooke gave Alan Wilson a look, and the latter knew how to sit down honestly.

"Simply put, Farouk I wanted to build a hydroelectric power station for the electrification of Egypt. And do you think there is no problem with this alternative?"

"Dear Sir, compared with the ownership of the Suez Canal, this is a completely reasonable alternative." Alan Wilson admitted to a certain extent, he thinks this alternative is good, "Of course it is not an easy solution. It's a bit difficult to send Farouk I away with a little benefit."

"But this is a controversial filing, and we have no preparations here." After careful consideration, Norman Brooke used controversy to describe Egypt's support for building a dam instead of talking about the ownership of the Suez Canal.

"After careful and repeated discussions, this is a cautious opinion after the discussion. Regarding the project to promote electrification, after the Free Officers Organization was eradicated, it was Farouk I's greatest concern."

Alan Wilson mentioned the process of trying his best to win for the UK, but in fact he sold the UK again, just to increase the money. It means that ordinary petty profits can no longer impress the Egyptian king.

"It's hard to do, but I still have to take this as good news and report it to the Prime Minister." Norman Brooke sighed, thinking in his mind how to make the Prime Minister think this is a good thing.

If the funeral is happy, Alan Wilson will not worry about it, and Norman Brooke will soon have a draft. A brief note that helping electrify Egypt was a great thing for the British Empire.

"This is the request of King Farouk I. What does he think of Britain? He opened a bank?" Prime Minister Attlee said that I had no money. "This is the best record we can get?"

Norman Brooke coughed softly and said eloquently, "Dear Prime Minister, if you must make me explain clearly, I can only say that, considering the current situation, looking at the overall situation, looking at the past and present, considering the average level of each department, and analyzing and summarizing, Maybe you can think so, and to sum up the above, in general, you are likely to find the situation you are facing, although it may not be pleasant, in any case, the choice is probably delicate! It can only be expected at this stage!”

"But I think this kind of hasty decision may be very puzzling." Prime Minister Attlee was stunned for a long time, and almost said the stupidest words.

"This is the assessment report written by Allen!" Norman Brook took out a report and said, "It has detailed prospects and forecasts. In all fairness, there are benefits, but they are unlikely to be available in the short term."

Did the British Empire, and other European colonial empires, plunder the world, or make the world richer?

In fact, it depends on how you look at it. Relatively speaking, it has intensified the gap between the rich and the poor in any farming civilization, but in absolute terms, there is no doubt that the places colonized by the United Kingdom will definitely have much more wealth than in the purely agricultural era.

That is to say, for a very mature agricultural civilization, even if Britain did not plunder much wealth, it also played a role in intensifying the contradictions in the country, but for places in the tribal era, without European colonizers, who knows they will still be How long are you standing still?

Take British India as an example. Under British rule, British India must be much richer than when it was a small country.

However, the beneficiaries are limited to the upper class of the subcontinent. For the vast lower class population, the United Kingdom is much more efficient in exploitation than the original princes of the native states, and most of the bottom Indians are not necessarily better off than before.

What Norman Brooke means is that once Egypt's dams are built and Egypt enters the age of electrification, Egypt will definitely be much better in absolute terms than it is now.

Egypt today can't afford anything but flatbread. In an electrified Egypt, purchasing power will increase.

It took Attlee a while to extract the useful passages in the heavy talk, and then fell into thinking.

This is a complete blackmail, but on second thought, a dam is not unacceptable compared to taking back the ownership of the Suez Canal, and Attlee still knows which one is more important.

It would not be unacceptable for the UK as a whole to trade a loan for a dam for the stability of control of the canal for five to ten years.

After all, Attlee is not Churchill, and is still dreaming of an empire on which the sun never sets. He clearly knows that Britain can no longer support the empire dream of an empire on which the sun never sets, and some of the remaining vested interests must be realized.

"I have to think about it!" Attlee reached out and touched his forehead, which was brighter than the overhead chandelier, saying that he would consider it carefully, and let Norman Brook wait for the news to stabilize Farouk I.

Alan Wilson did not expect that he would have the opportunity to meet the Prime Minister so soon, but before meeting Attlee, he had decided that there might not be anything good.

Sure enough, Attlee was asking whether British Malaya could share the matter for the British mainland.

"Respected Prime Minister, give me a few more years, and I can make Malaya play the role of British India, or even better, but there is one thing that British Malaya cannot do. That is in manpower. It is very different from the original British India!"

Alan Wilson did not shirk his responsibilities, but told the truth, "I have no manpower available, so I organized an engineering team to help the Egyptians reduce costs. First of all, there is no profit. This large project can solve a huge employment problem in Egypt. The British used colonial manpower to help, and it could not save costs. And the last rich manpower resources in Malaya have been invested in the construction of the airport.”

The population of British Malaya was less than 10 million, only one-fortieth of what is now India. After continuous planning and industrial transfer with local support, there is simply not much extra manpower left.

Alan Wilson can be proud that he, the colonial commissioner, eliminated unemployment, at least in theory, because in his eyes farmers are also occupations, not among the unemployed.

Including the employment of the agricultural population, the employment prospects of British Malaya are now very good.

Although Malaya is not rich, Egypt now has lower labor costs. If you plan, you can use local people from the UK, and workers can use Egyptians. In the words of colonial workers, it will rob Egyptians of employment opportunities, which may intensify conflicts.

"Is that so?" Attlee thought for a while and pondered, "Of course I don't know the inside story, but I think the £80 million loan may be a little too much."

"Actually, we can ask Washington for help. An important country like Egypt has just experienced a military coup. The United States is also worried!" Alan Wilson suggested in his heart, "I believe that even for this reason, the United States is borrowing money. will not refuse.”

The land of Egypt is really barren, and the geographical location of Egypt is also really important. Historically, Egypt under Nasser was leaning more towards the Soviet Union, scaring Europe to death while he was alive.

This can be seen from the rapid extinction of British influence in Asia after the Suez Canal War. Not even Britain could hold a hostile Egypt, let alone any other European country.

In order to bring Egypt back, the United States waited until Nasser died, and supplied Egypt's food needs at low prices for the next few decades. Regardless of whether Egypt was obedient or not, the military assistance to Egypt would not be affected.

"We first signed the understanding and made it a fait accompli, and then discussed with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank." Norman Brooke suggested in a timely manner, "When Egypt makes a request, we help to speak, and it is difficult for the United States to disagree with the offer. loan."

At a critical moment, the prime minister and the cabinet secretary quickly came up with a consensus to drag the United States into the water.

Alan Wilson sighed, in fact, this is also something that the United States has considered in history. Because of Egypt's geographical location, it is finally willing to provide Egypt with funds for the construction of the Aswan Dam.

The US's consideration is that ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Although Egypt is still a country of influence with Britain and France, it is better than falling to the Soviet Union's side.

According to the current consideration, as long as Egypt offers to open up to the IMF and the United Kingdom stands by to show its solidarity, it is indeed difficult for the United States to disagree.

To take a step back, the United States finally rejected Egypt's loan request, and the United Kingdom can also consider taking over it at that time. It can also allow the United States to offend the Egyptians for nothing.

With the Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary implementing the special relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States, Alan Wilson even felt that he could go a step further and add a letter to the letter of understanding for Farouk I's visit to the United Kingdom at the end, which is, "If the United States gives up In the control of the Panama Canal, whether or not Egypt's electrification ends, Britain and France will return control of the canal to Egypt."

In fact, this kind of clause does not need Britain to think of a way, as long as it is written in the Arabic text that Farouk I used to explain to the country, the United Kingdom can be regarded as ignorant after the fact.

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